How can we be certain that we are not moving away from Christ when we
choose between various ideas about what the Bible means?

a. Due to the fact that all truly
intelligent people agree about what the Bible means, we know that a
committee of very smart people with university degrees will find the true
meaning of the Bible every time.b. Even though history shows that we do not
necessarily find the true meaning of the Bible on our own, Christ himself
continues to give man what he needs to study the truth of the Bible
through the sacrament of Holy Orders.c. Since people have been disagreeing about
what the Bible means for thousands of years, we can't ever really be
certain who is right when people disagree about the true meaning of the
Bible.

a. Each man has been created in freedom so
vast that he can, if he wishes, walk away from God himself.b. God's love guarantees that a man can
never do anything so terrible, that he would become separated from
God.c. No matter what a man thinks or does, he
is always moving toward a closer union with God.

a. a collection of 46 separate books, which
were probably written by many different human authors.b. the exact collection of writings that
the Jewish people consider to be their holy books.c. one single religious book written, over
a forty-year period in the desert, by the prophet Moses.

The name ''Old Testament'' is a specifically Christian name, used to
contrast the Old Covenant (or ''Testament'') that God has made with the
Jewish people, with the New Covenant that Jesus completed with his
sacrifice on the Cross and extends to his disciples in the Eucharist,
saying at the Last Supper, ''This cup which is poured out for you is the
new covenant in my blood.'' [the Gospel according to Saint Luke, Chapter
22, verse 20 (Lk 22:20)] <<

a. persecuted and killed Jewish people, and
have been doing so, on and off, for many centuries.b. never actively participated in the
persecution of Jewish people, but have sometimes failed to stop it.c. occasionally persecuted or killed some
Jewish people, but almost always have treated Jews well.

During the period 1933-1945 about six million Jews were murdered by the
Nazis and their helpers, and millions more were persecuted and imprisoned.
Although the Nazis were not officially religious, the leader of the Nazis,
Adolph Hitler,

a. came from a Jewish family himself.b. had been baptized a Catholic.c. was the son of a Lutheran pastor.

Catholics and other Christians have often decided that the word ''Old''
in the term ''Old Testament'' meant ''used up,'' which then supposedly
justified the persecution of Jews. To avoid using the term ''Old
Testament,'' some people have begun to call the Old Testament the ''Hebrew
Scriptures.'' (''Hebrew'' can mean either the ancient Jews, or
occasionally, all Jews). Calling the Old Testament the ''Hebrew
Scriptures'' is

The word ''scriptures'' means ''sacred writings.'' So, ''Hebrew
Scriptures'' would mean ''the sacred writings of the Hebrews.'' However,
the actual Catholic Old Testament contains some writings that the Jewish
people specifically rejected as not part of their sacred writings.
Therefore, calling the Old Testament the ''Hebrew Scriptures'' is

Considering with what violence, sinful arrogance, and contempt Catholics
have often treated the Jews over the last two thousand years, the least
that modern Catholics can do is

a. avoid the term ''Old Testament''
whenever and wherever we possibly can.b. stop trying to tell the Jews that the
Old Testament is the ''Hebrew Scriptures.''c. use the term ''Hebrew Scriptures'' to
refer to the Old Testament.

a. not something that the Church can ever
replace with some other name, since the Son of God himself gave it at the
Last Supper.b. something that the Church can replace
with some other name, as long as it is replaced by another name Jesus
himself gave.c. something that the Church must replace
with some other name, since it has encouraged Catholics to sin against the
Jews.

The contrast between the covenant established by Jesus (New Covenant),
and the one God has made with the Jews (Old Covenant), is

a. not something that the Church can ever
deny, since the Son of God himself first made the distinction.b. something that the Church can change, as
long as the reality of the Son of God continues to be emphasized.c. something that the Church must reject,
since it has encouraged Catholics to sin against the Jews.